Job Title: Principal Firmware Reverse Engineer (AI-Assisted) Level 3

Client Job ID: TTO25-005

Location: Maryland (Emerson 1)

Contract: QUARTERCARAT

Clearance: TS/SCI w/Poly

Salary Range: $220,000 - $230,000 yearly

 

 

 

 

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This Software Engineer will focus on improving the tools and workflows used by reverse engineers. The role involves enabling automation and AI-assisted capabilities for reverse engineering tasks, with a focus on binary analysis, disassembly, and workflow optimization for complex software and device platforms.   

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Responsibilities:

• Design and implement tooling enhancements to support reverse engineering workflows for firmware, embedded systems, and application software. 

• Experiment with autonomous or semi-autonomous agents to assist with development workflows.

• Extend or integrate reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra. 

• Develop automation for common reverse engineering tasks, including analysis and documentation. 

• Apply AI-assisted techniques to binary analysis, annotation, and pattern identification. 

• Collaborate with customers and teammates to gather feedback and iterate on solutions.

• Measure and document the effectiveness of tooling improvements.

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Required Skills:

• Hands-on experience with reverse engineering tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.  

• Strong understanding of low-level software concepts (assembly, binaries, memory, calling conventions). 

• Experience developing software tools, scripts, or plugins to support analysis workflows. 

• Proficiency in at least one scripting or programming language commonly used in RE workflows. 

• Ability to prototype, evaluate, and refine experimental tooling.

• AI/LLM curious and ready to learn on-the-job; familiar with AI/LLM and interested in taking their skills to the next level.

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Desired Skills

• Experience reverse engineering Linux-based network devices or embedded systems. 

• Experience reverse engineering network traffic and web applications.

• Familiarity with firmware analysis, bootloaders, and networking protocols. 

• Experience applying automation or AI techniques to reverse engineering tasks. 

• Knowledge of Python or similar scripting languages used in RE tooling. 

• Knowledge of agentic AI frameworks or orchestration systems.

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YOE Requirement:

• 12 yrs., B.S. in a technical discipline or 4 additional yrs. in place of B.S.